[Jack21]

Jack 21 is 61 years young.

One of the guys in our Cobra Club (CACC) has a saying... "Growing old is manditory, growing up is entirely optional." (He's the guy, about "Our age" that drives the CSX4000).

And he's right. I still enjoy 50's & 60's Rock-n-Roll particularly bands and "The Hubcaps", old cars, and my Cobra. The kids, and grandkids like going for a ride in Grampas' Cobra. And Grampa likes feeling 25 again. And Granma likes it when Grampa acts 25 again, as well. So, I suppose there's a little "Reminiscance of a time recreated" here as well.

But why a Cobra? Why not a Vette, GTO, 442, 454 Chevelle, or Austin Healy 3000? Most* of us cut our teeth on factory musclecars of the 60's*, and 400+ HP could be driven off any showroom floor. Part of the mistique today is, you can't buy one of these things off a lot. You have to build it from a kit. There are an estimated** 20,000 Cobras on the street total Nationwide today. (Chevrolet builds and sells this many Corvettes every year) Since Shelby only produced less than 400 of the 427 bodystyle Cobras in '65 and '66 - and these original cars are worth in excess of $1/4M, the cars one sees on the street are replicas, not originals.

The Cobra is THE MUTHA of all American Musclecar AND hot sportscar icons. Originally a collaborative effort between the Americans and British during the British Sports Car invasion of the US following WWII. The Cobra, as I peruse these posts is an automotive icon in the English speaking free world encompassing the UK, Canada, USA, Australia, and New Zealand. Awsome, huh?

This now 35 year old Icon, is recognized instantly wherever it is seen or driven. People admire it up close, and at a distance. Even Bikers, among others, give me a "Thumbs Up".

* What is puzzling is the facination of the 20 and 30 year olds to a car that was out of production and nearly extinct before they were born.

**Read this number off one of the forum posts. Accuracy? Don't know.